Deuel’s Trevor Cassels, left, clears a hurdle in front of Sioux Valley’s Hunter Leighton during the boys’ 110-meter hurdles event in the Lake Central Conference track and field meet Tuesday at Flandreau. Cassels won the event and also placed first in the 300 hurdles. Leighton finished in second place. (Photo by Troy Maroney, Brookings Register)

Amanda Poppen of De Smet heaves the shot put during the Lake Central Conference track and field meet Tuesday in Flandreau. Poppen won both the girls’ shot put and discus events. (Photo by Troy Maroney, Brookings Register)

Hamlin’s Leiseth, Clark-Willow Lake’s Paulson shine at meet

Deuel’s Trevor Cassels, left, clears a hurdle in front of Sioux Valley’s Hunter Leighton during the boys’ 110-meter hurdles event in the Lake Central Conference track and field meet Tuesday at Flandreau. Cassels won the event and also placed first in the 300 hurdles. Leighton finished in second place. (Photo by Troy Maroney, Brookings Register)

Amanda Poppen of De Smet heaves the shot put during the Lake Central Conference track and field meet Tuesday in Flandreau. Poppen won both the girls’ shot put and discus events. (Photo by Troy Maroney, Brookings Register)

FLANDREAU — Mason Leiseth of Hamlin and Janelle Paulson of Clark-Willow Lake each had memorable performances Tuesday in the Lake Central Conference track and field meet.

Leiseth set meet records in winning the boys’ shot put and discus and also ran on the Chargers’ winning medley relay team. Paulson won four individual events in the girls division, sweeping the dashes (100-, 200- and 400-meter) and also winning the long jump.

Leiseth’s winning shot put toss of 56 feet, 10.5 inches topped the meet record of 56-2.5 that had been held by his father and former Hamlin standout David Leiseth for 26 years (1987). The younger Leiseth also won the discus with a heave of 178-6, topping the previous mark of 172-1 set by Rick Nebel of Hamlin in 2000.

Paulson won the 100 in 13 seconds, 200 in 26.7 and 400 in 1:00.6. She also took the long jump with a leap of 16-3.

Paulson’s efforts helped lead Clark-Willow Lake to the girls division title with 149 points. Defending champion De Smet was second at 127 and Sioux Valley third at 118. Flandreau cruised to the boys division title with 214 points. Defending champion Sioux Valley was second at 156.

Angela Young also did her part to help the Cyclone girls. She won the 100 hurdles and triple jump.

Other multiple-event winners in the girls division included Amanda Poppen of De Smet (shot put and discus).

Haley Strait of Castlewood won the 1,600 and also anchored the winning 1,600 and 3,200 relays. Regan Benike and Brooke Bruinsma also ran on both of the winning relays for the Warriors.

Trevor Cassels of Deuel (110 and 300 hurdles) and Case Wiarda of Castlewood (200 and 400 dashes) each won two individual events in the boys division.

Other area winners in the girls division were Alex Wolkow of De Smet (300 hurdles), Tiara Gibson of Deuel (800 run), Mikayla Prouty of Clark-Willow Lake (3,200 run) and Sam Wiekamp of Deuel (high jump). Hamlin won the 400 relay.

Torrey Kolden of Clark-Willow Lake (800 run) and Collin Kramer of Sioux Valley (high jump) also won events in the boys division.

Britton-Hecla Invite

BRITTON — Several area athletes turned in strong showings on Tuesday in the Britton-Hecla Invite track and field meet at Britton.

Andy Rithmiller of Webster Area won two individual events in the boys’ competition. He topped the field in both the long and triple jumps.

Other area winners included Jordan Bauer (800 run) of Webster Area and Korbyn Bertsch (3.200 run) of Sisseton.

Britton-Hecla also won the 1,600 relay and Sisseton placed first in the 3,200 relay.

In the girls’ division, Kassi Jones of Britton-Hecla won both the 100 and 200 dashes and teammate Mallori Rabenberg swept both the long and triple jumps. Jones also took part in the winning 400 and medley relay teams.

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